Build cost Solar farm is at least half cost of coal plant. Running costs Solar 5c Coal 25c / kWh Upkeep Each 25 years replace solar panels. At that time cost should be half. Batteries Grid co...
Report says nuclear power is cheaper than solar. SMR come from UK US, solar from China. We reduce our dependance on China. SMR placed on old coal sites, grid to site already. Coal workers get job...
World low on copper and rare earths to make solar panels and grid long distances to solar farms. Bowan is dreaming with gold plated poles and wires. Wasting food land to build big solar farms. We n...
Nuclear better on cost, waste, build time. Remove nuclear ban and get on with it. Australia has lots of stable land for waste. Report says nuclear power is cheaper than solar. SMR come fr...
Gas is not needed. Build solar farms for extra energy without using batteries cost of coal 25c solar 5c /kWh coal 5-9 pm solar 7-5 pm 2person household uses 12 kW /day say 7-5pm use 5 kW save 2...
A solar farm is automated so less jobs, but the cheap energy produced creates many jobs in other business if savings passed on. It appears energy companies are not passing on savings to t...
CST Concentrated Solar Thermal Spain has 2.3 GW, US 1.7 GW. We make mirrors and everything else this needs. Like tower option which can heat from sun at 1500 times. Molten salt can store heat, ...
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WIth the news that Alinta Energy has purchased the Loy Tang B power station in the Latrobe Valley, I'm interested to hear wh...
No one talks about storage costs, heres my estimate: Solar will provide cheaper power. Sun is free, no transport costs. Solar PV farm can be mostly automated. Build next to grid power. Sol...
Hi all. I have great concerns about the current reliance on renewable energy over coal. Impacts on climate aside (because that is an entirely different conversation), the long-term view ...